Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 971 feet into meters we have to multiply 971 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

971 ft → L_(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L_(m) = 971 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 295.9608 m

The final result is:

971 ft → 295.9608 m

We conclude that 971 feet is equivalent to 295.9608 meters:

971 feet = 295.9608 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0033788258445037 × 971 feet.

Another way is saying that 971 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0033788258445037 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy-one feet is approximately two hundred ninety-five point nine six one meters:

971 ft ≅ 295.961 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero three times nine hundred seventy-one feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters